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Planetary Systems in Star Clusters: the dynamical evolution and survival

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2020

F. Flammini Dotti
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, 111 Ren'ai Rd., Suzhou Dushu Lake Science and Education Innovation District, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou 215123, P.R. China email: [email protected] Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK
Maxwell Xu Cai
Affiliation:
Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, PO Box 9513, 2300 RA, Leiden, Netherlands
Rainer Spurzem
Affiliation:
National Astronomical Observatories and Key Laboratory of Computational Astrophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 20A Datun Rd., Chaoyang District, 100012, Beijing, China Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics at Peking University, 5 Yiheyuan Rd., Haidian District, 100871, Beijing, China Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, Mönchhofstr. 12-14, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
M.B.N. Kouwenhoven
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, 111 Ren'ai Rd., Suzhou Dushu Lake Science and Education Innovation District, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou 215123, P.R. China email: [email protected] Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK
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Abstract

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Most stars form in crowded stellar environments. Such star forming regions typically dissolve within ten million years, while others remain bound as stellar groupings for hundreds of millions to billions of years, and then become the open clusters or globular clusters that are present in our Milky Way galaxy today. A large fraction of stars in the Galaxy hosts planetary companions. To understand the origin and dynamical evolution of such exoplanet systems, it is necessary to carefully study the effect of their environments. Here, we combine theoretical estimates with state-of-the-art numerical simulations of evolving planetary systems similar to our own solar system in different star cluster environments. We combine the planetary system evolution code, and the star cluster evolution code, integrated in the multi-physics environment. With our study we can constrain the effect of external perturbations of different environments on the planets and debris structures of a wide variety of planetary systems, which may play a key role for the habitability of exoplanets in the Universe.

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Contributed Papers
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© International Astronomical Union 2020 

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